Extraordinary Families

08/29/2014

Republican Congressman David Reichert of Washington and Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass of California join Ronan Farrow to discuss the troubling realities of the current U.S. foster care system and the bipartisan legislation pending Senate approval...

08/06/2014

What would you do to fix the foster care system?

Question of the Day!

08/06/2014

07/23/2014

Santa Barbara County needs more foster families
http://www.santamariasun.com/cover/11839/santa-barbara-county-needs-more-foster-families/
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A cacophony only six children can make bounces around the Rojases’ family room. It’s movie time, and Sherena Rojas is calmly dir...

07/19/2014

In honor of Nelson Mandela Day
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07/18/2014

Nurse-Family Partnerships reduces preventable deaths among mothers, children.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/07/14/3747920/nurse-family-partnerships-reduces.html?sp=/99/215/167

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Preventable deaths among low-income mothers and their first-born children living in disadvantaged neighborhoods can be significantly reduced by the implementation of Nurse-Family Partnership, a nurse home visiting program, according to a study.

07/09/2014

LA County's most vulnerable foster children are having trouble finding homes:
http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/04/24/43733/no-ones-stepping-up-to-take-in-las-most-vulnerable/

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L.A. County is desperately trying to find homes for kids with mental illness, who are often bumped around the foster care system and at high risk for poverty and incarceration. It has embarked on an effort to recruit 140 more foster parents.